This page summarizes all the classes of the course Management Information System in Spring 2017.
Total number of classes was 23, consists of 18 regular classes and 5 extra classes. Regular classes were scheduled to be held in these slots: Monday 12:30 – 01:45 PM (room 1002), and Wednesday 12:30 – 01:45 PM (room 1002). Extra classes were held at different times.
Orientation and overview of the whole course.
Room 1002, Time 12:30
Chapter 1: What is system; what is information system; characteristics of information system; functions of information system; information system activities.
Room 1002, Time 12:30
Information system resources; information system components. End of Chapter 1.
Room 1002, Time 12:30
Chapter 2: What is software; types of software; common business application software.
Room 1002, Time 12:30
Email program; browsers are universal clients; software suites; pros and cons of software suites; functions of operating system. End of chapter 2.
Room 1002, Time 12:30
Start of chapter 4. Efficiency vs. effectiveness. Downsizing. Planned obsolescence.
Room: TI Lab, Time: 9:45 to 1:00 (class 7: EXTRA CLASS), and 11:00 to 12:20 (class 8: EXTRA CLASS)
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Start of chapter 3. Data analysis – how to convert raw data into useful information --> Practical demonstration.
Room 1002, Time 12:40 to 01:45
Test 1: Quiz. Click here to view result. [Details]
Room 1002, Time 12:30
Suggestion for midterm exam. Review of the whole syllabus of the midterm exam.
Room 1002, Time 01:00 – 01:30
Review: Chapter 3 (data analysis).
Syllabus: Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4. Click here to view results.
Room 1002, Time 01:00 – 01:50
Start of chapter 5. What is network and telecommunication? Types of network. LAN, WAN, MAN, network computing, P2P.
Room 1002, time 01:00 to 02:00
Internet, ICANN, W3C, Nodes, Usefulness of a network.
Room 1003, Time 12:30 – 01:50
Intranet, VPN. Usefulness of a network -> mathematical problems.
Room 1002, Time 12:30
The last mile problem. IP address. V4 and V6 IP address. Some special IP addresses. Mathematical problems on IP address. End of chapter 5.
Room 1002, Time 12:30
Start of chapter 6. What is plan. Information technology planning. IT architecture. Change management.
Room 701, Time 12:30 – 01:45
Start of chapter 8. Introduction to computer programming. Computer programming defined. Types of programming language. Compiler vs. interpreter. Object oriented programming language.
Room 1002, Time 12:30 – 02:00
The basics of VB6. Events and actions, objects, attributes, properties, variables, set and get statements.
Room 1002, Time 12:30 – 02:00
If-then statement. Methods. MsgBox method. Functions. InputBox functioin. A tiny computer program.
Room 1003, Time 01:00 – 02:10
String and numerical variables. IsNumeric function. Val function. Software -> a simple calculator.
Room: IT lab. Time: from 11:30 to 12:45 PM (class 21: EXTRA CLASS), and 12:45 to 02:00 (class 22: EXTRA CLASS)
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Interlocution to computer programming using VB6 -> Lab class.
Room: 701, Time: 11:00 – 1:00 PM. Click here to view results.
Room: IT lab, Time 01:30 to 15:00 (EXTRA CLASS)
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Counseling class for project -> practical guideline on how to build your assigned project.